chiller

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English chill

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English chiller

From chill + -er.

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪləː/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪləː]

    • Audio (Southern England):

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• (rhotic)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪlɚ/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪlɚ] ~ [ˈt͡ʃʰɪlɹ̩]
• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: chill‧er

Noun

chiller (plural chillers)

1. Something that chills
   1. a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.
   2. a heat exchanger between a coolant and a refrigerant, to transfer heat from the coolant loop into the refrigeration system
   3. A machine that removes heat from the working fluid in a refrigeration cycle
2. A frightening dramatic work, such as a book or film

Quotations

• 2002, Robert C. Summers, Lawrence J. Dyckman, Food Safety:

  Carcasses are then trimmed, rinsed, and, as the final step of the slaughter line, placed into a chiller.

• 1991, Michael R. Pitts, Famous Movie Detectives II:

  Variety termed the film "a fairly suspenseful low-budget chiller."

Derived terms

• spine-chiller

Translations

machine that produces cold air

• German: Gefrieranlage f, Kühlgerät (de) f, Kühlschrank (de) m, Gefrierschrank (de) m
• Polish: agregat chłodniczy m

Adjective

chiller

1. comparative form of chill: more chill
   • 1844, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal:

     With the setting of the sun a strong breeze, every blast of which was chiller and chiller, had begun to blow, rustling with a low continuous hum . . .

Anagrams

• rechill

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

chiller

1. present of chille